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Lily Ah Toy
No full textLily Wong was born in Darwin on 24th October 1917. At 14 she left Darwin Public School to become a housemaid for a European family. Lily married Jimmy Ah Toy on 9 November 1936, and moved to Pine Creek to set up a general store. Lily bore five children and raised another five adopted children.
When Darwin was bombed by the Japanese, the family was evacuated to Adelaide and did not move back to Pine Creek until 1945. Lily then ran the Pine Creek store while Jimmy opened a new shop in Darwin. That shop, like most of Darwin, was devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Lily was involved with many different organisations and assisted with the establishment of the Crafts Council NT (now Territory Craft). In 1982, at the age of 65, Lily graduated from the Darwin Community College (now Charles Darwin University) with an Associate Diploma of Arts (Ceramics). At the time she was their oldest graduate.
In 1988, as part of the Bicentennial Celebrations, Lily was one of eight Territorians honoured for their contribution to the Territory and in 1995, Film Australia produced her biography. 2001 saw Lily nominated to the Centenary of Federation Peoplescape project. Her philosophy in life was "work hard, always be honest and give a helping hand" (Film Australia).
"We cannot recall her ever complaining, regardless of the heavy work, long hours and hardships she must have endured. She had to cook on a wood stove, boil water in a copper to wash clothes and to provide hot water for baths. There were no fans, and the kerosene fridge needed daily attention." Excerpt from Lily Ah Toy - Family Tribute, eulogy delivered at Lily's funeral by Laurence Ah Toy.
Painted by Geoff Todd for Portrait of A Senior Territorian 2009. Acquired by Northern Territory Government House Foundation and can be seen on-line at their website.PioneerCommunity ServiceBusiness WomanChines
Wikipedia and undergraduate research trajectories
No full textPurpose
This study analyses undergraduate students’ use of Wikipedia bibliographies. The study has implications for Wikipedia as a “discovery tool” of library collections, library instructional practices, and understanding the complex ecology of students’ research processes.
Design/methodology/approach
30 undergraduate students were recruited from introductory English writing classes. A controlled survey was conducted in Qualtrics®, including the following sections: 1) pre and post test of students’ understanding of authority/quality of sources, 2) tasks analyzing participants’ choices for further research after reading a Wikipedia article, and 3) students’ determination of the authority/quality of sources in Wikipedia reference pages, using an adapted version of the Turnitin® Source Educational Evaluation Rubric (SEER).
Findings
The investigator found that students were unlikely to follow references they found in bibliographies of Wikipedia pages. This was expressed most clearly in their comments, which revealed that Wikipedia’s reference sections are found to be too overwhelming and numerous. These entries are depicted by order of appearance in the text and are not ranked, or presented in an order students considered useful. Participants were not likely use Wikipedia as a discovery tool of library content because they perceived Wikipedia as being markedly different, even in opposition to, library resources. Students disclosed being warned by their faculty and instructors not to use the online encyclopedia at all in their research process. However, paradoxically, after reading a Wikipedia article, students were most likely to go to Google, or revisit Wikipedia, for more information, as opposed to using the library. Study participants reported that “ease of access” is the most important consideration when choosing sources to include in research papers, followed by the actual authority/quality of these sources. Students also greatly benefited from having a structured rubric available at the point of their research process when they are asked to determine the authority/quality of sources, and especially within Wikipedia bibliographies.
Practical Implications
The findings of the study offer suggestions for both the design aspect of Wikipedia and the instructional methods of academic librarians. This study also informs library practices and emerging collaborations with Wikipedia, specifically the “Wikipedian in Residence” program and the concept of using Wikipedia as one type of a discovery tool.
Originality/Value
There is a lack of empirical evidence showing how or if students use Wikipedia bibliographies to continue their research. The possibility of the online encyclopedia as a discovery tool for library collections is relatively unknown and unexplored. The topic of collaboration between Wikipedia and libraries is new and emerging in the field.
Research Limitations
This is a small-scale study of students’ use of Wikipedia in one university campus, but its results can spark a discussion of the larger question of undergraduates’ research trajectories. The findings of the study suggest that these trajectories are extremely influenced by two conflicting issues: faculty influence and resource convenience. The researchers plan to extend the study to include faculty’s perceptions of the value of Wikipedia to undergraduate students’ research, including faculty’s own involvement as Wikipedia editors and contributors. Future research of undergraduate’s use of Wikipedia could benefit from a greater recruitment of participants across a diverse pool of academic institutions, as well as a mixed research method of observation, task analysis, and interviews.Peer reviewe
Author and poet Lily Brett at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 18 October 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author and poet Lily Brett at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 18 October 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Crimson aster waltz [music] /
No full textCatalogued from an incomplete item.; "Obtainable from all music sellers or from Tyrrell's Bookshop, 22 Castlereagh St. Sydney and Lily G. Walton, Berner St. Merewether, N.S.W."--Cover.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an23150760; Library's N copy incomplete
Chloride fluxes in lily pollen tubes: a critical reevaluation
No full textMicroelectrodes, made from a Cl?-selective liquid ion exchanger previously used to measure putative Cl- fluxes in Lilium longiflorum pollen tubes, were characterized. The electrodes were poorly selective, possessing only about 10-fold selectivity for Cl? over other anions tested. They had only 2.4-fold selectivity for Cl? over the anionic form of the H+ buffer, MES, indicating that the electrode can indirectly detect H+ gradients. Apparent anion influx was detected along the pollen tube shafts and at the grains while apparent anion efflux was detected near the tip of the tube. During oscillating growth, the peak of the oscillating apparent anion efflux at the tip occurred, on average, 7.9 sec after the peak of the growth oscillations. Consideration of the previously characterized H+ fluxes in lily pollen grains and tubes, as well as the poor anion selectivity of the Cl? electrodes, indicates that the putative Cl? fluxes are in fact changes in the anionic concentration of the buffer resulting from H+ gradients and not changes in Cl? concentration. The claim of a central role for Cl? in lily pollen tube growth is further undermined by the fact that these tubes grow at the same rate if the Cl? content of the growth medium is reduced to trace levels (?31 ?m), and that the grains have only small reserves of Cl?. These results lead to the conclusion that Cl? fluxes are not a significant component of pollen tube growth and Cl? itself is not required for growt
The Undergraduate Experience: Is it Enhanced Through Employment as a Library Student Worker?
No full textStudent employment on campus can be one of the best predictors of academic success. There are many implied benefits for students working in the libraries, including greater understanding of library resources, as well as proximity to services and people with expertise.
This poster will present the findings of a study about undergraduate student workers employed at a major university Research Library. The authors surveyed approximately 350 student workers, and received 120 responses and 64 completed surveys. The survey gathered information about undergraduate student workers, including who they are and how they engage with university clubs, organizations, and partnering units, such as residence halls and tutoring centers.
The authors will investigate the library contribution to the undergraduate experience of student workers. They will investigate if there is a correlation between academic success (perceived or real) and working in an academic research library. Further the authors will address whether working in an academic research library helps students form community or provides them with valuable peer networking opportunities. This project’s raw data was evaluated using Qualtrics. The results of this survey will inform new programs and activities to enhance the experience of the undergraduate library student worker and provide additional mentorship and professional development.Peer reviewe
IODP/LILY: LILY Supplement
No full text<p>This is a repository of Jupyter Notebooks which demonstrate how to access and manipulate data from the LIMS with Lithology (LILY) database, explained in the G-Cubed article The LILY Database: Linking Lithology to IODP Physical, Chemical, and Magnetic Properties Data: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011287">https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011287.</a></p>
Lily Damita
No full textCigarette card featuring a full body portrait of Lily Damita. Has information relating to her achievements in American pictures as well as her stage career on the reverse
Welcome to Lily Pad
No full text<p>Lily Pad is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver for fluid-structure interactions with a set of built-in interactive visualization tools using the Processing languate. The goal of Lily Pad is to lower the barrier to CFD by adopting simple high-speed methods, and giving immediate visual feed-back to the user.</p>
<p>This version has been initiated by the forced migration to github from google code.</p>
Interview with Lily Filimino
No full textLily Filimino was born in 1941 and raised on Lānaʻi, but it wasnʻt until she moved to Maui that limu became an integral part of her life. Filimino’s older sister, Violet Santos, who lived in Kīhei taught her everything she knows about gathering limu. Lily raised her family in Kahului, gathering limu on the shores of Naska Beach and along the shorelines of Kīhei. Lily shares how she likes to eat limu, and the salty, savory flavor of limu, onion, and tomato has become a staple in the Filimino household
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